George Packer's Blog, page 49

Who Will Justice Kennedy Believe When It Comes to Gerrymandering?

David Daley on the oral arguments about gerrymandering before the Supreme Court in Gill v. Whitford, and on the importance of Anthony Kennedy���s opinion in the case.

The Las Vegas Shooter���s Accessories

There is a whole class of products designed to make semiautomatic guns automatic.

How Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., Avoided a Criminal Indictment

In a collaboration between The New Yorker, ProPublica, and WNYC, Andrea Bernstein, Jesse Eisinger, Justin Elliott, and Ilya Marritz report on the Trumps��� legal history.

Ginsburg Slaps Gorsuch in Gerrymandering Case

Jeffrey Toobin on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg���s rebuttal of the newest Justice, Neil Gorsuch, during oral arguments for Gill v. Whitford on Tuesday.

���I Sell Tools���: A Las Vegas Firearms Dealer Who Sold Guns to Stephen Paddock

Charles Bethea talks to a firearms dealer who sold guns to Stephen Paddock, the shooter who carried out the recent massacre in Las Vegas.

Why We Should Resist Calling the Las Vegas Shooting ���Terrorism���

Masha Gessen writes about whether Sunday night���s mass shooting in Las Vegas was an act of terror, and the distinction between white and brown perpetrators of violence.

The Supreme Court Takes Up a Major Gerrymandering Case

Jeff Shesol previews Gill v. Whitford, an upcoming Supreme Court case on gerrymandering in Wisconsin that could transform the practice of redistricting in the U.S.

Tom Price Still Has Fans in the Georgia Sixth

Charles Bethea interviews voters from Georgia���s Sixth Congressional District who voted for Tom Price, who resigned as Secretary of Health and Human Services last week.

The Price of Senegal���s Strict Anti-Abortion Laws

Allyn Gaestel and Ricci Shryock on the restrictions on abortion rights in Senegal.

The Benghazi Attack Is Finally Being Properly Prosecuted

Nicholas Schmidle on the run-up to the trial of Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the alleged ringleader of the most politicized terrorist attack since 9/11.